Katie Meyer
@katieemeyer4Katie Meyer is a government editor/reporter for Spotlight PA.
Previously, she was WHYY’s political reporter and covered state politics as Harrisburg bureau chief for WITF. She lives in South Philly.
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Pennsylvania budget shortfall not without precedent, but still dire
Pennsylvania’s mid-fiscal year budget report has confirmed what the Independent Fiscal Office has been warning for well over a mont ...
8 years ago
Across Pa., Obamacare supporters protest repeal of health care law
Supporters of President Barack Obama’s signature health policy gathered across Pennsylvania Thursday to describe the ways the Affor ...
8 years ago
Facing $600 million shortfall, Pa. lawmakers weigh structural changes
Halfway through the budgetary year, Pennsylvania’s revenue is coming up hundreds of millions of dollars below expectations. ...
8 years ago
Study suggests correlation between Trump support, areas of high mortality
A new study out of Penn State shows that Donald Trump fared better in the presidential election in areas with higher rates of mortality f ...
8 years ago
Pa. gas tax to rise 8 cents in January
Pennsylvania’s gas taxes are the highest in the country, but come Jan. 1, people will be paying even more at the gas pump. T ...
8 years ago
Pennsylvania efficency program ends first year with $156 million in savings
As Pennsylvania’s lawmakers and governor contend with a mounting structural state deficit of more than $2 billion, the topic of gov ...
8 years ago
Long-awaited contract nearly finalized for Pa. profs
Professors at Pennsylvania’s 14 state colleges and universities have voted to approve a contract agreement between the union that r ...
8 years ago
Pa. financial protection program focusing on cybersecurity
The state Department of Banking and Securities has issued a progress report on a year-old program intended to educate Pennsylvanians abou ...
8 years ago
In attempt to keep jobs, furloughed Pa. workers filing civil service appeals
Some 521 workers in Pennsylvania’s unemployment compensation program are slated to be laid off in less than two weeks, and the unio ...
8 years ago
Pa. GOP expects no delay in vote certification, despite recount efforts
As the Green Party pushes for election recounts in key states, leaders of Pennsylvania’s Republican Party have expressed concerns t ...
8 years ago
After a year of flat wages, Pa. lawmakers getting raise
Pennsylvania lawmakers are getting a pay bump next month that will boost minimum salaries to about $86,500, a 1.3 percent increase from t ...
8 years ago
Wagner vows to investigate Pa. layoffs
Republican state Sen. Scott Wagner is filing a right-to-know request over the layoffs of several hundred employees of Pennsylvania. ...
8 years ago